VERNONIACE^ APRICAN^i: NOV^ 95 



Vernonia (§ Stengelia) vallicola, sp. nov. Suffrutex caule 

 ^-f-metrali erecto robusto basi nudo alibi crebro folioso densiuscule 

 griseo-pubescente demum glabrescente, foliis sessilibus (summis 

 subsessilibus) ovato-oblongis basi apiceque obtusis margine den- 

 tato-seiTulatis subcoriaceis supra glabris subtus sparsim pubes- 

 centibus costis (reticulo arcto hand exempto) pag. inf. maxime 

 eminentibus, capitulis mediocribus circa 20-flosculosis in corym- 

 bum subpaniculatum raribracteatum circiter 10-cephalum foliis 

 duplo longiorem dispositis, pedunculis pedunculisque propriis 

 griseo-pubescentibus his quam capitula plerumque longioribus, 

 involucri cylindrico-turbinati 6-serialis phyllis exfcimis abbreviatis 

 ovatis intermediis longioribus ovato-oblongis intimis oblongis vel 

 late oblongo-linearibus omnibus chartaceis stramineis (exterioribus 

 stramineo-brunneis) et lamina petaloidea obovata obtusa onustis, 

 corollis breviter exsertis, achaeniis cylindricis basi callosis dense 

 appresse setulosis, pappi straminei setis pluribus apice aliquanto 

 dilatatis scabridis paucis exterioribus ceteris brevioribus. 



Hab. Angola, Kuito, in the valley of Fiengo ; Gosstveiler, 

 3781. 



Folia solemniter 5-6 x 2-2-5 cm., secus caulem subapproxi- 

 mata (intermedia circa 15 mm. long.), pauca ima perpaucaque 

 summa minora, sc. circiter 3-3'5 cm. long., hgec in bracteas 

 transeuntia, in sicco griseo-viridia. Corymbi 9-10 x 8-10 cm. ; 

 bracteae + 1*5 cm. long., paucae capitula appropinqantes anguste 

 lineares, + 6 mm. long. ; pedunculi proprii plerique 1-5-3 cm. 

 long. Capitula pansa 2-8 x 1-1-2 cm. Involucri phylla extima 

 4-5 mm. long., intermedia (appendice sibi ipsi aquilonga inclusa) 

 16 mm., intima 16 mm. long., horum appendix circa 3 mm. long. 

 Corollae tubus attenuatus, sub apice subito in limbum campanu- 

 latum fere usque medium lobatum ampliatus, longit. 2 cm. 

 paullulum excedens. Antherae inclusa?, 6 mm. long. Styli rami 

 6 mm. long. Achgenia 3-4 mm. long., pappi setae pleraeque 

 12-13 mm. 



Easily distinguished from V. armerioides 0. Hoffm. by the 

 leafy stems, differently shaped leaves with close and prominent 

 reticulation and cylindrical-turbinate involucres. 



Vernonia (§ Stengelia) castellana, sp. nov. Herbacea, bi- 

 spithamea vel paullo ultra, caule erecto siraplici basi nuda exempta 

 sparsim folioso pube brevi densiuscula gaudiente, foliis subdistan- 

 tibus (internodiis plerisque 2-3-5 cm. long.) oblongo-obovatis 

 obtusis obtusissimisve basi in petiolum longum cuneatim coartatis 

 margine undulatis vel denticulatis papyraceis supra scabriusculis 

 subtus in nervis reticuloque eminente pubescentibus, capitulis 

 inter minores circa 15-liosculosis in corymbum subscaposum longi- 

 pedunculatum abbreviatum satis densum ordiuatis, bracteis per- 

 paucis foliis multo minoribus, pedunculis propriis capitulis saepius 

 aequilongis brevioribusve ut inflorescentiae rami tomentosis, invo- 

 lucri campanulati pubescentis 4-serialis phyllis intus gradatim 

 longioribus oblongo-ovatis (intimis oblongis) chartaceis appendice 

 ovata (vel phyll. interiorum lanceolata) obtusa vel acuta onustis, 

 corollis exsertis, achaeniis cylindricis obscure costatis setulosis, 



